Peggy Lorraine Bagnell

Peggy Bagnell
Panguitch, Utah

    Our beloved mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and great-great-grandma, Peggy Lorraine Miller Bagnell, 91, left this life very peacefully on October 8, 2023. She passed away in St. George at the home of her daughter-in-law, who was by her side.
    Peggy was born December 4, 1931 in Portland, OR to Rita Mary Lincoln.  She spent her young years in Oregon around Eugene. Most of these years she was with her meme and grandpa.
    When Peggy’s mom married Howard Miller, they moved to California where Howard adopted her.  Her family ran some flower fields and green houses and she remembered weeding many rows of flowers and removing the yellow stamens off the white lilies at Easter time — still not her favorite flower.  But, in doing this she always received a nice Easter outfit from a department store.
    As a young lady Peggy married and brought three children into the world. Later divorced. She then married the love of her life, Jake Huffman Bagnell on February 22, 1958 in Las Vegas, NV. The marriage was solemnized on December 4, 1993 in the St. George Temple. He preceded her in death on September 16, 2014. He was the best dad to her children. She married Glen Bauer on October 3, 2019 in Panguitch. He preceded her in death on June 22, 2023.
    Her daughter was born with hydrocephalus and passed at the age of five. She is buried at Point Loma in California.  Peg and Jake raised her two boys together while supporting Jake’s son by his first wife.
    She was a waitress, cook, and baker at the local school while in California. They moved to Utah in 1978 where she worked at the local Gem Theater, and the Garfield County Newspaper doing subscriptions and ads.  Then Peggy went to work at the hospital as a cook and became dietary manager. She also studied and became a volunteer EMT for 10 years.
    After retiring, Peggy worked for the food bank and senior citizens. She traveled to every state in the US except Delaware.  Some of them many times.  She loved Alaska and Hawaii most.
    Peggy had many talents. She learned to decorate cakes in California and made many wedding cakes for local couples in Panguitch. She loved reading, knitting and baking cookies.
    She is survived by her daughter-in-law, LouAna Bagnell, St. George; step-son, Jacob (Susan) Bagnell, Alpine, CA; granddaughters: Katrina Bagnell, Washington City; Deborah (Robert) Kirkland, St. George; Aimee Bagnell (financé, Brandon Taylor), Washington City; Melissa (Roman) Gottschalk, Rancho Santa Fe, CA; Jacob (Ashley) Bagnell, Naples, ID; 17 great-grandchildren and 3 great-great-grandchildren. 
    She is preceded in death by her parents; husbands; daughter, Deborah Robin Gipperich; sons, Jerry (Pam) Bagnell, Robert Dale Bagnell; grandsons: Nate Hacker and Justin Lamoreaux. 
    Funeral services will be held Monday, October 16, 2023 at 11:00 a.m. in the Panguitch Stake Center, where visitation will be from 9:30 - 10:30 a.m. Burial will be in the Panguitch Cemetery.  Funeral Directors: Magleby Mortuary, Richfield, Salina and Manti. Online guestbook at www.maglebymortuary.com